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Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 24/150
Purpose
Design for a chimneypiece and overmantel mirror frame, ND
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece with plain styles and a frieze which contains a central tablet ornamented with and urn, set within a wreath and flanked by a lion and unicorn. The tablet has an apron of guttae and is flanked by arabesques supporting anthemia, set within a semi-circular band of beading. The above this there is an elevation of a tripartite mirror frame. The central panel is surmounted by a band of laurel leaf tips and a central thistle, set within a heart-shaped wreath, flanked by rosettes and arabesques, from which festoons of calyx are suspended. The flanking glass panels are ornamented with a central rosette and crossed bands of calyx
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
140
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and cerulean blue wash on laid paper (329x246)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand
Adam office hand
Level
Drawing
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